Deantes AFOS

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Well everyone here is the update on deante and his little feet... He got his

afos yesterday. and so far not so good. he is complaining owie hurt . and tries

taking them off.. he only has to have them on for an hour at a time for now

until he goes back to see his ortho.. but he is doing okay.. kinda with the

walking. right now has trouble and has to use walls and stuff to guide him with

the braces on.. But remember he has only had them since yesterday... and when we

went to get the the lady said i should try to keep them on longer than an hour

so he can get used to them. should i go by what the lady says or should i do

what the dr. said?

and Deante

Deante 3-25-02 bilateral clubbed feet

casting 2 weeks old till 5 months old

5 1/2 months old to 11 1/2 months old reverse last shoes

11 1/2 months old right soft tissue corrections

12 1/2 months old left soft tissues corrections

21 3/4 months old AFOS

Reminder Deante bday March 25th ALL DAY he will be 2 years old

nosurgery4clubfoot wrote:

There are 6 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. RE: For those of you who've had tendon transfer surgery...

From: dan&lisa

2. 's surgery

From: " kramer0103 "

3. newborn with club foot - looking for support

From: " keristremel "

4. RE: newborn with club foot - looking for support

From: dan&lisa

5. Re: newborn with club foot - looking for support

From: " Laurie "

6. Re: newborn with club foot - looking for support

From: yudric@...

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Message: 1

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:09:39 -0500

From: dan&lisa

Subject: RE: For those of you who've had tendon transfer surgery...

Just wanted to clarify one point. Emma was not in constant pain for 10 days.

She would have several hours without pain then a half hour to an hour where

she would experience some jolts then several hours would pass without pain.

Over the course of the 10 days the intervals without pain became longer

while the painful periods lessened. The first three days were the worst.

RE: For those of you who've had tendon

transfer surgery...

Hi Kassia,

see our answers below and search in Nov 2003 and Dec 2003 for our posts then

if you want more info. Good luck!!

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~~how long did the surgery take?

the actual surgery took about 25 minutes per foot, including casting. The

prep time etc added about another hour. It was very quick.

~~was your child groggy afterwards?

she was very groggy afterwards. the first and second days were nightmares

for us. The pain did not subside for a good week to 10 days.

~~what did they do for pain control?

They gave her an epidural which did not take. She was wheeled out of the

room able to wiggle her toes and feel everything. Observing this, they

started pumping her to the max with morphine, which did help but they were

playing catch up with the pain at that point. A real disaster. I truly

hope it goes better for you.

~~how did you keep your child off his/her feet for the 6 wks of cast?

Emma was in plaster casts for 6 weeks and was never able to walk in them.

She scooted around on her bum. We provided plently of entertainment

(coloring, glue, sparkles, movies, view finder, crafts etc), and went to our

local Biodome, Ecomuseum, Shopping mall etc. I don't think that you need to

keep them off their feet if they really want to walk.

Any other specifics you could give about your surgery experience would

be greatly appreciated.

-I may be forgetting some things, so do check our past posts, but I do not

have any fond memories of our experience except that the doctors (Ponseti

and Morcuende) were very caring and competent.